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Goal Victorino FernandesGOOAAALLL!!!! Victorino Fernandes finds himself in an open space in the right side of the Lajong box as the Goan striker took his time to cut past the onrushing goalkeeper before slotting the ball home

90' + 1'

A moment of confusion among the Sporting players as Rowllin crossed inside his own box, but Gonzalo was in the right place to clear it away and smile back at his team-mate

90'

Three minutes added time

86'

Sporting Clube de Goa will climb to the second spot after this win with 24 points in their kitty

85'

SubstitutionC LallawmzualaSamuel Shadap

83'

A half-hearted tackle by Lallawmzuala as Beevan overlaps on the left flank and crossed the ball to Velito, but Lalchhunmawia Fanai cleared the ball away

81'

A nice long ball by Rowllin to Velito Cruz on the right flank, but the Sporting substitute sends a weak shot for the Lajong keeper to handle easily

80'

SubstitutionRojen Singh SingamVelito Cruz

77'

SAVE!!! Ralte with a timely dive to his left to block Victorino's tap en route goal after the Sporting substitute received a cross from the left by Beevan D'Mello

76'

The flag goes up against Victorino

75'

No danger from the set-piece

74'

Sporting with a free-kick a few yards outside the box

73'

SubstitutionOgba Kalu NnannaVictorino Fernandes

71'

Looks like Victorino Fernandes will get some play time in an attempt to keep the pressure on the Lajong defense

69'

It's a brilliant second half by the home side while Karpeh manages to make ammends for his earlier misses and Kalu was effective as ever

67'

Goal Ogba Kalu NnannaGOAAALL!!!! Kalu completes his hat-trick as he toed the ball in from a corner taken from the right by Beevan D'Mello

67'

SubstitutionRedeem TlangShaiborlang Kharpan

66'

Kalu earns a corner

65'

Goal Boima KarpehGOOAALLL!!! Karpeh picked a mispass by Lallawmzuala from the midfield and had at least five white shirts chasing him down before the Sporting striker found the inside of the right post from the far side

62'

Yellow Card C Lallawmzuala

62'

The Lajong players are trying to stitch together some passes

59'

Goal Ogba Kalu NnannaGOOOAALLL!!!! Ogba Kalu with another great finish as he blasts the ball at the left of Lajong goalkeeper Ralte off Arturo Garcia's low free-kick from the right

57'

Sporting substitute Beevan D'Mello shoots wide while trying to find the top right corner

55'

CHANCE!!! Kalu tries to set up Karpeh to his right, but the ball is sent wide by Milan Singh. The ball falls at the feet of Rowllin who shoots too high

53'

CHANCE AND SO CLOSE!!!! Boima did everything right to ward off Passah to get on the end of Rowllin's pass but shot the ball wide of the far post from the left after fumbling with a couple of touches on the ball

52'

SubstitutionMauvin BorgesBeevan D'Mello

51'

Karpeh goes down in the box with Passah challenging him to a cross put in by Rowllin. Get up says the referee as play continues

47'

Sporting are trying to string together their moves as they did in the first half

46'

We're underway with the second half and I'm you host Anselm Noronha

HALF-TIME: Sporting Clube de Goa 1-1 Shillong Lajong FC

45' + 1'

Boima with the ball in attack, but hands in the ball in the process of controling it...another chance put down by the Liberian-born Australian

45'

Two minutes added time

44'

Kalu is off-side in the Lajong box

41'

Sporting is the better side offensively throughout this first half but are let down a bit by some miscalculated passes in the attacking third

38'

Calm play by Haokip in the midfield as he releases Glen in the attack while Tuboi eventually shoots wide, although the latter was ruled off-side

34'

Kalu blasts wide of the right post

33'

Karpeh is seen changing his shoes. Like he missed that because of his "unlucky" shoes?

31'

WHAT!!??! SERIOUSLY....WHAT?!?! How did he...miss that!? Rojen Singh's cross from the right was flapped by Ralte but only as far as Karpeh. The Sporting striker however controled the same and shot straight in the hands of the rival goalkeeper

29'

An excellent ground pass in between a couple of white shirts by Garcia to Martins on the left flank, but the Sporting attack breaks down after a late reaction on the ball by Rowllin

26'

Goal Ogba Kalu NnannaGOAAALLL!!! Ralte stands still as Kalu heads in Mauvin Borges' cross from the left

24'

Yellow Card Cornell Glen

22'

Yellow Card Ogba Kalu Nnanna

21'

GOOAALL!!! BUT NO...Kalu sent an overhead kick at the back of the net but the referee's assistant had his flag raised for a goal-kick before Karpeh had headed Garcia's flag-kick to the Nigerian

20'

CLOSE!!! Gonzalo's header off Garcia's cross is tipped above his post by Ralte

17'

CLOSE!!! Gonzalo's header from a Rowllin Borges corner is not cleanly collected by Lajong goalkeeper Laltaummawia Ralte but Kalu was late to react as the rival defense cleared the ball away

14'

Goal Taisuke MatsuganeGOOAAALLL!!!! A delightful long cross by Boithang Haokip which was chested down by Taisuke Matsugae in between rival defenders Gonzalo Neila and Jovel Martins before the Japanese calmly placed the ball past Sporting goalkeepers Ravi Kumar

11'

Sporting are combining well but Son fends the ball against Karpeh and Rojen's cross is diverted away from Mauvin by Fanai

8'

CHANCE!!! Garcia puts the ball on the plate for Kalu, but the Nigerian shot it with crooked feet wide to the left

7'

Keenan sends a quick throw-in to Garcia whose cross is diverted out for a corner by Minchol Son

6'

Haokip's free-kick is headed away by Arturo Garcia

5'

Yellow Card Deepak Devrani

5'

Deepak Devrani is the first to get in the books of the referee for holding back Glen on the left flank

3'

Sporting with an attack with Kalu in the box, but he isn't allowed space to turn as Tuboi gets the ball away

So while the the approach to the game from Sporting Goa's perspective has already been set, Lajong now have their own title ambitions and will no doubt look to prove their worth against the second placed team

Shillong Lajong meanwhile have quietly crept up the table to third, just a point behind the team they challenge in this particular round. It's been a great run of form from a team who critics wrote off early in the season as mere mid-table scrappers.

Win, and Sporting have a chance to close the gap on Bengaluru FC at the top of the table to just three points whereas a loss would put them six points behind the runaway leaders of the campaign so far.

The Flaming Oranje had beaten the north eastern outfit 1-0 in the reverse fixture but have their work cut against a team who have a near perfect away record

It's going to be a brawl for second as the duo look to harbour their title hopes. Are you ready for the round 15 I-League clash between Sporting Clube de Goa and Shillong Lajong FC?